3When ready to grill, place sprayed foil on grill. Spoon vegetables onto sprayed foil. Place patties next to foil on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill 4 to 6 inches from medium coals. Cook 11 to 13 minutes or until vegetables are tender and burgers are thoroughly cooked, stirring vegetables and turning burgers once during cooking.

5Top each burger on grill with tomato slices and cheese. When cheese is melted, place each topped burger on bread slice. Top with vegetables.

Notes

Notes

Tips

Expert Tips

To broil burgers and vegetables, place on broiler pan; broil 4 to 6 inches from heat using times above as a guide, turning burgers once and stirring vegetables occasionally. Top each burger with tomato and cheese, broil an additional 2 to 3 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Hamburger buns can be used in place of the Italian bread slices. Layer each burger with toppings inside one bun.

Double the burger recipe and shape and wrap the patties for the freezer. Then, you’ll have a start on two summer meals. The frozen burgers can be placed on the grill but will need additional cooking time to thoroughly cook them.

Pasta salad from the deli is a perfect accompaniment to these open-faced sandwiches. Melon wedges and lemonade complete the summer meal.

3When ready to grill, place sprayed foil on grill. Spoon vegetables onto sprayed foil. Place patties next to foil on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill 4 to 6 inches from medium coals. Cook 11 to 13 minutes or until vegetables are tender and burgers are thoroughly cooked, stirring vegetables and turning burgers once during cooking.